Buffalo Bills: Possible trade-up targets in the 2020 NFL Draft

The Buffalo Bills have a very solid running back on their roster in 2019 third-round pick Devin Singletary. However, after Singletary, the Bills don’t have much to offer at the running back position and certainly could add a very quality back in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Despite only playing in 12 games as a rookie due to injury, Singletary was a very productive player with 775 rushing yards, 194 receiving yards and four total touchdowns (two rushing and two receiving). Singletary averaged a very impressive 5.1 yards per carry on his 151 rushing attempts in 2019.

Singletary is a very effective runner who has the capability to be a three-down feature back. But given his injury concerns and style of running, he could benefit from having a partner in the backfield to take some carries off of his plate.

Last year, that was Frank Gore. But Gore is a free agent and the Bills are left with T.J. Yeldon as the back-up. Yeldon is more of a receiver out of the backfield, leaving quarterback Josh Allen as the big, short-yardage ball carrier.

Bringing in a player like Jonathan Taylor from Wisconsin would lighten the load of both Singletary and Allen, helping to keep them as healthy as possible for now and for the future. And coming into a scenario like this might be best for Taylor as well, who could also benefit from a little lighter of a load at the next level.

Taylor had one of the most productive careers in college football history at Wisconsin. In all three seasons that Taylor played for the Badgers, he ran for right around 2,000 yards (just under as a freshman) and double-digit touchdowns (21 in 2019).

Over the course of his three years in Madison, Taylor ran the ball 928 times. This type of workload (along with occasional ball security issues) is the only real knock on Taylor as a pro prospect. Otherwise, Taylor may be the most effective runner in the 2020 NFL Draft.

He is an incredibly patient runner with great vision at the line of scrimmage. Once he finds the hole, he has good burst and great contact balance through the mess. He is a very tough runner who always keeps his legs churning to fight for extra yards. In the open field, Taylor is sneaky elusive in the open field, utilizing some simple cuts and a great spin move, and showed at the combine that he has homerun speed with a 4.39 40-yard dash.

Taylor faced loaded box after loaded box in his run-heavy Wisconsin offense. With some parity at the next level, things should open up even more for Taylor. A patient, between-the-tackles bruiser like Taylor would pair perfectly with an explosive, speedy back like Singletary to provide the Bills with a really dynamic run game.